US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Friday, June 15:
MARINES SHARE FITNESS, HEALTH TIPS WITH LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Jun 15, 2007 ... The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story: Students at Bayview Terrace Elementary held a Military Appreciation Field Day June 1, where they learned the importance of proper nutrition and fitness. Marines from the 12th Marine Corps District and the depot's ...
U.S., PHILIPPINE MARINES CONDUCT AMPHIBIOUS RAID
Jun 15, 2007 ... The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story: Nearly a week of training between U.S. and Philippine Marines culminated June 5 with an amphibious raid exercise on Pilas Island, Philippines. The exercise marked the end of the first major training exercise ...
8TH MCD EDUCATORS VISIT DEPOT FOR TASTE OF MARINE BOOT CAMP
Jun 15, 2007 ... The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story: High school administrators, teachers and counselors from Recruiting Stations Dallas, Houston and Fort Worth, Texas, experienced a week-long synopsis of Marine Corps recruit training during a 2007 Educators Workshop June 11 ...
4TH MARINES' REGIMENTAL SCHOOLS ADD DEPTH TO PRE-DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM
Jun 15, 2007 ... The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story: Since January, the 4th Marine Regiment's Regimental Schools' pre-deployment training program has prepared Marines and sailors for what they might encounter in places such as Iraq and Afghanistan. But as the Global ...
Oregon Inventors Develop High Energy Gas Fracturing Charge Device
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Adam C. Schmidt of Tualatin, Ore, and Richard A.Schmidt of West Linn, Ore., have developed high energy gas fracturing device that is adapted to be lowered into a well. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "high ...
Washington, Texas Inventors Develop Oil, Gas Well Drill Cementing Method
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- William Banning Vail III of Bothell, Wash., and James E. Chitwood of Houston, have developed a method and an apparatus for cementing drill strings in place for one pass drilling and completion of oil and gas well. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Demultiplexing Variable-Length Packet Device
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Sung-soo Kang, Hae-Won Jung and Hyeong-ho Lee, all from Daejon, South Korea, and Tae-kyu Kang of Jeonju, South Korea, have developed a method and an apparatus for multiplexing and demultiplexing variable-length high-speed packets. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Oklahoma Inventors Develop Zeolite Wellbore Operation Method
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Ashok K. Santra and Karen Luke both of Duncan, Okla., have developed a method of performing wellbore operation with zeolite. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "methods for performing wellbore operations using a ...
California Inventors Develop Tunable External Cavity Laser
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Ross D. Pace, Thang Tran, Weizhi Wang and Alan Lim, all from San Jose, Calif., Hoang Nguyen of Livermore, Calif., and Dong Ho Choi of Palo Alto, Calif., have developed a tunable external cavity laser with adjustable cavity length and mode-hop ...
Oklahoma Inventors Develop Subterranean Well Conductivity Improvement Method
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Bradley L. Todd of Duncan, Okla., and Michael N. Mang of Eden Prairie, Minn., have developed a composition and method for improving fracture conductivity in a subterranean well. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to ...
Washington Inventors Develop Low Cost Receiver Module
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Mark K. Cornwall of Spokane, Wash., and Jeffrey L. Delamater of Liberty Lake, Wash., have developed a method and a system for collecting and transmitting data in a meter reading system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Raman Pumping Method
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Sun Hyok Chang, Hee Sang Chung, Jin Soo Han, Ji Sung Jung, Heuk Park and Hyun Jae Lee, all from Daejeon, South Korea, and Won Kyoung Lee of Busan, South Korea, have developed a Raman amplifier and a Raman pumping method. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Texas Inventors Develop Propellant Ignition Assembly
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Philip M. Snider of Houston, and David S. Wesson of Fort Worth, Texas, have developed a method of stimulating a subterranean formation that is penetrated by a well bore in fluid communication with the formation. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Texas Inventors Develop Hydrocarbon Production Method
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Loyd E. East, Jr. of Tomball, Texas, Leldon M. Farabee of Houston, and John M.Warren Jr. of Cypress, Texas, have a developed a method of increasing the hydrocarbon production of an existing well in a hydrocarbon reservoir. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Frame Detection Technique
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Desmond Ambrose of Ottawa, Canada, and Antoine Alary of Woodlawn, Canada, have developed a system which receives input data frames that are configured according to a Synchronous Optical Network or an Synchronous Digital Hierarchy standard. According to the ...
German Inventor Develops High Data Borehole Telemetry System
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Joachim Oppelt of Hannover, Germany, has developed a system for communicating information between a downhole location in a wellbore containing fluid therein and an uphole location. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a ...
California Inventor Develops Tunable Laser with Magnetically Coupled Filter
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Brad V. Johnson of Santa Clara, Calif., has developed a tunable laser with magnetically coupled filter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "laser apparatus and methods that permit actuation of a tuning element via a ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Actual Noise Signal Packetizing Method
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- James H James of Farmingdale, N.J., and Joshua Hal Rosenbluth of Middletown, N.J., have developed a system and a method for improved use of voice activity detection. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a system and ...
DEPOT MARINE NOMINATED FOR TOP ENLISTED WOMAN
Jun 15, 2007 ... The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story: One depot Marine demonstrated unwavering dedication to the Marine Corps and mission accomplishment while serving more than three years on the depot. Sergeant Jazmin Vargas, Recruit Training Regiment supply chief, was ...
WTOT HOSTS THIRD ANNIVERSARY DINNER
Jun 15, 2007 ... The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story: Three years ago, a man by the name of Bob Zimmerman, better known as "Bobby Z," created the "We Thank Our Troops" organization in order to make wounded Marines retuning from the War on Terrorism better cope with their ...
CONAX Florida Wins $2.13 Million Contract
Jun 15, 2007 ... MECHANICSBURG, Pa., June 15 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $2.13 million contract to CONAX Florida Corp., St. Petersburg, Fla., for ammunition and explosives. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control ...
Indian Inventor Develops Secure Online User Authentication Method
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Fazal Raheman of Nagpur, India, has developed a method and a system for using optical disk drive as a biometric card reader for secure online user authentication. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention describes a novel method for ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Vehicular Air Direction Changing System
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Takuya Natsume of Kariya, Japan, and Takahiro Tokunaga of Kosai, Japan, have developed an air direction changing system for vehicular air duct. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle air conditioning system secures an appropriate ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Ventilation Heat Exchanger System
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Seong-Hwan Lee and Sung-Hwa Lee both of Changwon, South Korea, Soo-Yeon Shin of Gimhae, South Korea, and Min-Chul Cho of Busan, South Korea, have developed a ventilating system for exchanging indoor air and outdoor air. An abstract of the invention, released ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Wireless Information Processing System
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Akiko Noguchi, Naoyoshi Watanabe and Hideaki Korekoda, all from Yokohama, Japan, and Hiroyuki Sakamoto of Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a wireless information processing system which has a wireless information processing apparatus and a wireless information ...
U.S., Thai Inventors Develop Subterranean Well Side Pocket Mandrel Cement
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- James H. Holt, Jr. of Conroe, Texas, Walter R. Chapman of Kingwood, Texas, James H. Kritzler of Pearland, Texas, Jeffrey L. Osselburn of Houston, and Keith E. Lewis of Bangkok, Thailand, have developed a subterranean well Cement completion through side pocket mandrel ....
Japanese Inventors Develop Encrypted-data Decryption Apparatus
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Yukie Shoda, Teruto Hirota and Taichi Sato, all from Moriguchi, Japan, Rieko Asai and Yoshikatsu Ito, both of Hirakata, Japan, Hideki Matsushima of Osaka, Japan, and Toshihisa Abe of Izumisano, Japan, have developed apparatuses and methods for decrypting encrypted ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Packet Transmission/Reception Device
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Yasushi Ayaki and Hiroshi Mitani, both of Osaka, Japan, Yoshihiro Morioka of Nara, Japan, and Naoshi Usuki of Kyoto, Japan, have developed a packets sending/receiving apparatus for sending and receiving packets. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Louisiana, Texas Inventors Develop Subterranean Well Fluid Loss Control Method
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Tommy Grigsby of Houma, La., and Bruce Techentien of Houston, have developed a system for completing a subterranean well with fluid loss control fiber optic wet connect. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "gravel ...
Texas Inventors Develop Heat Spreader
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- David A. Moore and Mark Tracy, both of Tomball, Texas, and Kerry Hill of Houston, have developed a device for uniformly distributing waste heat from a heat source to an enclosure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for distributing ...
Louisiana Inventors Develop Wellbore Tubular Sealing, Anchoring Apparatus
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Michael J. Gazewood of Scott, La., has developed a sealing and an anchoring apparatus for use in a wellbore tubular member with an inner wall. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "device for sealing and anchoring ...
Texas Inventors Develop Downhole Determination Method
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Roger L. Schultz of Aubrey, Texas, Neal G. Skinner of Lewisville, Texas, Pete C. Dagenais of The Colony, Texas, and Orlando De Jesus of Dallas, Texas, have developed a system for determining downhole conditions that comprises a time domain reflectometer ....
Japanes Inventors Develop Heat Exchange Unit
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Toyoaki Matsuzaki of Shizuoka, Japan, and Taro Watanabe of Tokyo, have developed a heat exchange unit, which comprises of a heat transfer panel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchange unit is composed of rectangular heat transfer ...
Texas Inventors Develop Clutch Burning Prevention Device
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Frederic M.Newman and Kevin Northcutt, both of Midland, Texas, have developed an apparatus for monitoring air pressure on a rig clutch. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention is generally directed towards a system designed to ...
British Inventor Develops Integral Shell Tube Heat Exchanger
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Laudijois Guillaume of Birmingham, Great Britain, has developed a heat exchanger that comprises a shell formed from two joined-together shell members. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Each shell member includes a tube plate that is ...
Texas Inventor Develops Voice Over Internet Protocol Network
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Carl Schoeneberger of Dallas has developed a system for providing high quality of service remote access to a voice over internet protocol contact center. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method of providing remote agent access ...
U.S., Dutch Inventors Develop Content Material Theft Discouraging Method
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Michael A. Epstein of Spring Valley, N.Y., Martin Rosner of Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., and Antonius A. M. Staring of Eindhoven, Netherlands, have developed a method of protecting content from illicit reproduction by proof of existence of a complete data set via ...
U.S., Chinese Inventors Develop Computer-Executable Instruction Protection Method
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Mariusz H. Jakubowski and Yuqun Chen, both of Bellevue, Wash., Saurabh Sinha and Matthew Cary, both of Seattle, Ramarathnam Venkatesan of Redmond, Wash., and Ruoming Pang of Shanghai, China, have developed a method for facilitating the tamper-resistance of ...
California Inventors Develop Minimum Latency Cut-Through Switch Fabric
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- John David Huber, Kirk Alvin Miller, Kenneth Yi Yun, Kevin Warren James and George Beshara Bendak, all from San Diego, and Michael John Hellmer of Carlsbad, Calif., have developed a system and a method for cut-through packet routing in a packet communications switch ...
Swiss Inventors Develop Heat Exchanger Device
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Gunnar Lagerstrom of Sollebrunn, Swiden, and Max Xie of Lund, Sweden, have developed a plate heat exchanger device advantageously intended for use with a gas turbine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method and ...
ROCK STAR RECRUIT DROPS CELLO, PICKS UP RIFLE AFTER 10 YEARS OF LIVING AS A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN
Jun 15, 2007 ... The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story: After years of touring with a rock band, one Company D recruit pursued his lifelong dream of joining America's most elite fighting force. Private First Class Seth C. Allen, Platoon 1069, graduates today after ...
MWSS-273 SWEATHOGS ARE FIRST IN CORPS TO TEST GERS
Jun 15, 2007 ... The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story: After stalling on an empty tank, a humvee begins receiving heavy fire while the convoy pauses in the sands of Iraq. Since the volume of incoming fire makes it hard to bring in a refueling truck, the humvee relies on the ...
WTOT HOSTS THIRD ANNIVERSARY DINNER
Jun 15, 2007 ... The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story: Week four in the Commanding General's Cup softball kicked off Tuesday with Marine Corps Community Services getting schooled by Headquarters and Service Battalion, with a loss of 24-3. Third Battalion and last year's ...
California Inventors Develop Data Packet Transport Method
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Nileshkumar J. Parekh and Nikhil Jain, both of San Diego, have developed a system and a method for data packet transport in hybrid wireless communication system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Computer data is transferred between a code ...
Florida Inventor Develops Wall Covering
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- John Perry of Dania Beach, Fla., has developed a wall covering for a pair of wall surfaces that form a corner. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The wall covering includes plurality of wall panels each having a plurality of horizontal ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Wireless Communication System
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Stev Fantaskee of Toronto has developed a mobile wireless communications device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A network controller for facilitating roaming of a mobile wireless communications device between access points communicates ...
Texas Inventor Develops Buffer Data Management Method
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Julianne Frances Haugh of Austin, Texas, has developed a method and an apparatus for preventing buffer overflow security exploits. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method, apparatus, and computer instructions for ...
Florida Inventor Develops Structural Truss
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Melvin L. Ollman of Marco Island, Fla., has developed an improved open web structural truss and process of making same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "improved structural truss and method of making same having ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Vehicle Technician Authentication Method
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Ezzat A. Dabbish of Cary, Ill., Walton L. Fehr of Mundelein, Ill., Samuel M. Levenson of Arlington Heights, Ill., Larry C. Puhl of West Dundee, Ill., and Jurgen Reinold of Palatine, Ill., have developed a method and a system for technician authentication of a ...
Minnesota, New York Inventors Develop Rotatable Liquid Cooling System
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Eric Alan Eckberg and Cary Michael Huettner, both of Rochester, Minn., James Dorance Gerken of Zumbro Falls, Minn., and Roger Ray Schmidt of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., have developed a rotatable liquid reservoir for computer cooling. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Chinese Inventors Develop Heat Dissipation Device
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Wei-Qiang Tian, Wan-Lin Xia and Tao Li all from Shenzhen, China, have developed a heat dissipation device that is incorporated with a fan for dissipating heat generated by an electronic device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat ...
Colorado Inventor Develops Door System
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Owen Woodruff Bunker II of Denver has developed a door assembly having a structural inner frame that is secured between an interior sheath and an exterior sheath. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The inner frame provides rigidity and ...
California Inventors Develop Data Network Control Message Generation Method
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Geoffrey Huang of Mountain View, Calif., and Jan Vilhuber of San Luis Obispo, Calif., have developed a technique for generating control messages with reason information between nodes in a data network. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
California Inventors Develop Preamble Channel Decoding Method
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Sandip Sarkar and Yongbin Wei, both of San Diego, and Joseph P. Odenwalder of Rancho Sante Fe, Calif., have developed a method for determining preamble information carried by a preamble channel which is separate from a traffic channel. According to the U.S ....
Wisconsin Inventors Develop Flexible Space Management System
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Todd A. Clark of Janesville, Wis., has developed a control system for space management. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of managing a plurality of operable wall panels in a room equipped with an overhead ...
Australian Inventor Develops Computer Virus Detection Method
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Myles Jordan of Melbourne, Australia, has developed a system and a method for computer virus detection that utilizes heuristic analysis. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer virus detection method includes compiling a list of ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Decorative Trim Assembly
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Charles E. Schiedegger of Metamora, Mich., Clyde G. Allen of North Branch, Mich., and Dean Dennis of Lapeer, Mich., has developed decorative molding assemblies for framing openings of residential or commercial structures. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Wisconsin Inventor Develops Removable Window Insulator
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Gary K. John of Hartford, Wis., has developed a method for forming a removable window insulator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A removable window insulator preferably includes at least one pane, at least four frame members, at least ...
Washington Inventors Develop Digital Right Management System
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Yuen Yu Leung and Clifford P. Strom, both of Redmond, Wash., and Marcus Peinado of Bellevue, Wash., have developed a method of binding content to a portable storage device or the like in a digital rights management system. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Indiana Inventor Develops Suspended Table Assembly
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Steven M. Yaraschefski of Bargersville, Ind., has developed a suspended table assembly that includes a first support and a second support that are vertically spaced from each other. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plurality of legs is ...
Chinese Inventors Develop Traffic Supporting Method
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Zhentao Chi and Yufang Yi, both of Shen Zhen, China, have developed a method for supporting traffics with different quality of service by high speed down link packet access system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for supporting ...
Belgian Inventor Develops Concrete Slabs Expansion Joint
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Pierre Michiels of Tervuren, Belgium, has developed a device which is used for equipping expansion joints between adjacent slabs. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "device for making a connection between concrete ...
Florida, California Inventors Develop Physical Layer Frequency Translating Repeater
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- James A. Proctor Jr. of Melbourne Beach, Fla., Kenneth M. Gainey of Satellite Beach, Fla., James C. Otto of West Melbourne, Fla., Lawrence W. LaMont Jr. of Indialantic, Fla., and Carlos M. Puig of Santa Clara, Calif., have developed a physical layer repeater with ...
TASK FORCE LIGHTNING SOLDIER ATTACKED
Jun 15, 2007 ... The U.S. Department of Defense's Central Command issued the following casualty report: One Task Force Lightning Soldier was killed as a result of injuries sustained from small ...
Finnish Inventor Develops Identification Card Holder
Jun 15, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Simo Saari of Espoo, Finland, has developed an identification card holder, on the front side of which a replaceable identification card can be placed. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spring-loaded yo-yo is fastened and positioned on the ...